In the end, 86 countries and two independent athletes won at least one medal at the Games. The United States was far and away the winner in the medal count, with 46 gold, 37 silver, and 38 bronze medals for a grand total of 121 medals, well above Great Britain and China with 27 and 26 gold medals respectively. The European Parliament noted that the European Union as a whole won more medals, but of course the EU isn't actually a single country, so the Parliament's attempt to claim all of Europe's medals together is perhaps questionable.